Associations to the word «Greenhood»

Dictionary definition

GREENHOOD, noun. Any of numerous orchids of the genus Pterostylis having leaves in a basal rosette and green flowers often striped purple or brown or red with the dorsal sepal incurved to form a hood.

Wise words

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